OMG I am elated!!!!!!!!? I have been begging for just reprints akroma art by Chris Rahn but this????? Aaaaaahhhhhhhh and she got the metal cat/spike legs and lance!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh
I know it is not in whites pie so I'm not surprised but this would really like to still have haste. At 7 mana an effective 11/11 with flying (and other stuff) that can pump your team is a lot better if it can come down and swing right away rather than tap out and wait for your turn to come back.
I know it is not in whites pie so I'm not surprised but this would really like to still have haste. At 7 mana an effective 11/11 with flying (and other stuff) that can pump your team is a lot better if it can come down and swing right away rather than tap out and wait for your turn to come back.
I mean she has trample what isn't white either. I would exchange trample for haste for a 7 CC creature. Oh another thing is her +1/+1 effect isn't working for herself. So she is still a 6/6.
I know it is not in whites pie so I'm not surprised but this would really like to still have haste. At 7 mana an effective 11/11 with flying (and other stuff) that can pump your team is a lot better if it can come down and swing right away rather than tap out and wait for your turn to come back.
I mean she has trample what isn't white either. I would exchange trample for haste for a 7 CC creature. Oh another thing is her +1/+1 effect isn't working for herself. So she is still a 6/6.
I know it is not in whites pie so I'm not surprised but this would really like to still have haste. At 7 mana an effective 11/11 with flying (and other stuff) that can pump your team is a lot better if it can come down and swing right away rather than tap out and wait for your turn to come back.
I mean she has trample what isn't white either.
Maro has said, much like how green rarely can having flying for dragons, sometimes white and blue can get trample on bigger creatures.
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I know it is not in whites pie so I'm not surprised but this would really like to still have haste. At 7 mana an effective 11/11 with flying (and other stuff) that can pump your team is a lot better if it can come down and swing right away rather than tap out and wait for your turn to come back.
I mean she has trample what isn't white either.
Maro has said, much like how green rarely can having flying for dragons, sometimes white and blue can get trample on bigger creatures.
Yeah, I think they choose trample because the old version had it, too at least in this case. In addition Akroma had some feral aspects after being merged with a jaguar.
She is normal Human size creature. At least this is how I remember how she was. She isn't Zetalpa, Primal Dawn sized.
she's just a wincon in the command zone. you build the deck to utilize the buff from word soup. you never cast her until you think you can win. to me that's exceptionally boring and predictable gameplay that offers nothing to the format. its just a craterhoof alternative that happens to be legendary, who cares.
until we get ixidor with partner, i think akroma having partner is pretty meaningless
Agreed. Having ANOTHER Akroma seems weird without a new Ixidor. They could make him a card draw engine to fuel Akroma and keep his flavor as a creator intact.
So many people play super competitive EDH huh? She is just fun and a potentially devastating game ender. Boring maybe, but not everything needs to be a broken combo piece or trick play, sheesh.
Totally hoping for Ixidor with partner. But her having partner opens up so many possibilities! I don't see it being useless other than flavorfully.
For flavor giggles, partner her with Jeska or Kamahl
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she's just a wincon in the command zone. you build the deck to utilize the buff from word soup. you never cast her until you think you can win. to me that's exceptionally boring and predictable gameplay that offers nothing to the format. its just a craterhoof alternative that happens to be legendary, who cares.
My arguement is that Commander should have a big diverse mix of Generals, and so in my mind its fine if she is just a giant Win Con waiting to pop off. At least everyone sees it coming and can plan ahead.
Ya I think she can be fun. If you want to play her as commander than I would recommend to pair her with one of the green partners to get access to some ramp spells. Green creature tend to have 2 keywords or more so does some white creatures. Specially Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood gives you additional mana and card draw when using that mana for some expensive thing, for example Akroma. Kodama of the East Tree is good, too. Kamahl, Heart of Krosa works fine with her because the lands will get additional +4/+4 from her effect. They end up as 8/8s.
She is great in other decks as 99 but that was already discussed. (Kathril, Ordic)
An overrun in the vein of True Conviction that can't be disrupted by a naturalize mid-combat, but can also protect from a board wipe.
4 for Unblockable, Vigilance, and Double Strike is excellent. The lifegain really only matters in non-combo metas, but in the same vein, a 1-shot overrun is unlikely to make much headway there anyway.
Leaving up 3 mana for anti board wipes was already a bit of an ask, especially in white where access to mana is harder to come by. 4 is basically asking for a full turn off. As far as I can figure, this slot needs to be a good antiwipe that flexes into an overrun and not a good overrun that flexes into an antiwipe. As is, this isn't a good antiwipe which makes it look sketchy to include in decks.
I'll be looking for a sleeker 3 mana indestructible + double strike spell, but that would definitely seem pushed.
Since I misread at first. I thought she was an improved version of Angelic Skirmisher with oldric like update and with partner.
It would had been better and helpful if she had haste and flash than trample and vigilance since she has already flying because she was meant to be more of a finisher card like everybody mentioned earlier and her support she isn't something reliable even Oldric had better support.
At least she better than Radiant. It's not a let down and waste like Radiant that is another legendary creature but rather another average that should had been rare than mythic
It might be the new design philosophy of WOTC for white. They could have made this better and given more edge they should had exciting and threatening since this isn't a standard and pioneer legal card nor modern. This Akroma just ended up like another Zetalpa but slightly better.
until we get ixidor with partner, i think akroma having partner is pretty meaningless
Agreed. Having ANOTHER Akroma seems weird without a new Ixidor. They could make him a card draw engine to fuel Akroma and keep his flavor as a creator intact.
Is there still room for a rare Ixidor commander with partner? We have the blue monocolor mythic partner, but I think there can be multiple monocolor rare partners.
I would be very disappointed if we got a new Ixidor that had zero synergy with Morph
Lore-wise I don’t recall Ixidor having anything to do with morph. That was just his card. In the story he just created stuff iirc.
His illusion Magic was represented by Morph in game, and many of the cards relating to him fall into that theme. I would like synergy or similarity between a new Ixidor and an old one.
I really, really hope that Ashiok is somehow related to Ixidor and/ or Chainer, but that's mostly just wishful thinking
What I don't understand is how Chris Rahn drawing an Angel could be so bad.
What's with the non-face, blurred smudged body and stuff, it looks really weird
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What I don't understand is how Chris Rahn drawing an Angel could be so bad.
What's with the non-face, blurred smudged body and stuff, it looks really weird
Well the image here is in a lower quality. In the actual picture you can see a face. Just search for Akroma Vision of Ixidor in google. There should be a better picture.
I would be very disappointed if we got a new Ixidor that had zero synergy with Morph
Lore-wise I don’t recall Ixidor having anything to do with morph. That was just his card. In the story he just created stuff iirc.
His illusion Magic was represented by Morph in game, and many of the cards relating to him fall into that theme. I would like synergy or similarity between a new Ixidor and an old one.
I really, really hope that Ashiok is somehow related to Ixidor and/ or Chainer, but that's mostly just wishful thinking
Short of a Morph-themed precon in URG, I don’t really see any design space for such an Ixidor to appear. And I also wouldn’t want another Ixidor that’s really narrow and niche. He’s one of the most powerful characters in Magic lore, stronger than any nuWalker, but you would never know it from his card.
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until we get ixidor with partner, i think akroma having partner is pretty meaningless
kathril more but
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You can always partner her with Jeska, if that has any flavor to it
I mean she has trample what isn't white either. I would exchange trample for haste for a 7 CC creature. Oh another thing is her +1/+1 effect isn't working for herself. So she is still a 6/6.
Partner her with Sakashima(? For Extra loves?
Maro has said, much like how green rarely can having flying for dragons, sometimes white and blue can get trample on bigger creatures.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Yeah, I think they choose trample because the old version had it, too at least in this case. In addition Akroma had some feral aspects after being merged with a jaguar.
She is normal Human size creature. At least this is how I remember how she was. She isn't Zetalpa, Primal Dawn sized.
she's just a wincon in the command zone. you build the deck to utilize the buff from word soup. you never cast her until you think you can win. to me that's exceptionally boring and predictable gameplay that offers nothing to the format. its just a craterhoof alternative that happens to be legendary, who cares.
Agreed. Having ANOTHER Akroma seems weird without a new Ixidor. They could make him a card draw engine to fuel Akroma and keep his flavor as a creator intact.
Totally hoping for Ixidor with partner. But her having partner opens up so many possibilities! I don't see it being useless other than flavorfully.
For flavor giggles, partner her with Jeska or Kamahl
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My arguement is that Commander should have a big diverse mix of Generals, and so in my mind its fine if she is just a giant Win Con waiting to pop off. At least everyone sees it coming and can plan ahead.
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She is great in other decks as 99 but that was already discussed. (Kathril, Ordic)
4 for Unblockable, Vigilance, and Double Strike is excellent. The lifegain really only matters in non-combo metas, but in the same vein, a 1-shot overrun is unlikely to make much headway there anyway.
Leaving up 3 mana for anti board wipes was already a bit of an ask, especially in white where access to mana is harder to come by. 4 is basically asking for a full turn off. As far as I can figure, this slot needs to be a good antiwipe that flexes into an overrun and not a good overrun that flexes into an antiwipe. As is, this isn't a good antiwipe which makes it look sketchy to include in decks.
I'll be looking for a sleeker 3 mana indestructible + double strike spell, but that would definitely seem pushed.
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It would had been better and helpful if she had haste and flash than trample and vigilance since she has already flying because she was meant to be more of a finisher card like everybody mentioned earlier and her support she isn't something reliable even Oldric had better support.
At least she better than Radiant. It's not a let down and waste like Radiant that is another legendary creature but rather another average that should had been rare than mythic
It might be the new design philosophy of WOTC for white. They could have made this better and given more edge they should had exciting and threatening since this isn't a standard and pioneer legal card nor modern. This Akroma just ended up like another Zetalpa but slightly better.
Is there still room for a rare Ixidor commander with partner? We have the blue monocolor mythic partner, but I think there can be multiple monocolor rare partners.
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Lore-wise I don’t recall Ixidor having anything to do with morph. That was just his card. In the story he just created stuff iirc.
His illusion Magic was represented by Morph in game, and many of the cards relating to him fall into that theme. I would like synergy or similarity between a new Ixidor and an old one.
I really, really hope that Ashiok is somehow related to Ixidor and/ or Chainer, but that's mostly just wishful thinking
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Omnath, Locus of Rage
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
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Krark, the Thumbless + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
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What's with the non-face, blurred smudged body and stuff, it looks really weird
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Well the image here is in a lower quality. In the actual picture you can see a face. Just search for Akroma Vision of Ixidor in google. There should be a better picture.
Short of a Morph-themed precon in URG, I don’t really see any design space for such an Ixidor to appear. And I also wouldn’t want another Ixidor that’s really narrow and niche. He’s one of the most powerful characters in Magic lore, stronger than any nuWalker, but you would never know it from his card.